Chapter 54.1- Gamer of the Desert

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To defeat Danzo, two things had to be done. One, the man himself had to die. Two, those loyal to him had to be either killed or coopted. With what she had come to learn about how Danzo trained his Ne operatives, she was forced to accept that the later was not much of an option when it came to them. And then there was another group of people who would have to be deal with to secure Danzo’s fall. The Elders. Sarutobi-sensei’s teammates. Those old fucks had been part of the reason why Danzo’s rise in Konoha had been so smooth and she had no doubts that they were fundamentally in support of his rule. That was why Orochimaru had been dispatched to deal with them. Even with their age, they had still been students of the Second Hokage, so sh hoped he exercised an acceptable level of caution when it came to dealing with them.

But that was besides the point. She leaned out of the way of a blade that tried to separate her head from her shoulders and stepped into the weilder’s guard before lashing out with a punch. She felt bones give way before her fist as the man was sent flying backwards, dead. Her, JHiraiya, and Naruto, against a collection of well trained secret operatives beneath Konoha. It wasn’t even close to a fair fight.

She spied Jiraiya and his student out of the corner of her eyes as one used his white main technique to wield his hair like a club and bludgeon everyone who got close while the other weaved seals continuously to deal with everyone who attempted to attack them from a distance. She didn’t trust Orochimaru farther than she could throw him but she did but she had to recognise that he was a far better sensei than she gave him credit for. He’d turned the brat into something of a ninjutsu powerhouse.

She felt someone drop to the ground before her and leaned out of the way of the gentle fist strikes the boy sent her way before she attempted a punch down at him. He jumped backwards in time to dodge but she followed through with the movement and slammed her fist into the ground, sending those who had been trying to surround her flying off their feet.

“I am Hyuga Neji. I will be your opponent.” She almost scoffed at the idiot. It pained her to see one so young brought in on Danzo’s mess.

A/N; Short intro for the chapter. Not feeling my best today but I did commit to daily uploads as much as possible.